"New Game" Window

This window invites you to Select the Game Setup that you desire.

Notes Area

Enter the text you want displayed in your game announcement. After you click on the OK button, your game is announced in the open games section of the current room window. "Game for a nice player" is displayed in the above screen shot.

Choose the color you want to play with. Your challenger can propose the color they want to play with. If the game is started with "?" marks in the area for the color selection, the system will automatically nigiri the colors for the players. You can use this area to select who you want to play against (if there are multiple challengers). If the game type is "simul," this section has multiple entries, one for each challenger, and you select who gets to play in the simul game.

The Nigiri Button

Pressing the Nigiri Button (the stones beside the player's names) cycles through the possible combinations of colors each player can have. You can 1) set yourself to be Black, 2) set your opponent to be Black, or 3) nigiri for colors. If you opt for nigiri, the system randomly selects the colors for you. Nigiri is the default.

At the beginning of an even game, in a game that is played face-to-face as opposed to on-line, it is customary for the players to draw for the right to select their color. This custom is called nigiri. In on-line go, nigiri means that the system randomly selects the color for you.